Sec. 56.002.  INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS.  This chapter does not apply to a contract that is solely for:
(1)  design services;
(2)  the construction or maintenance of a road, highway, street, bridge, utility, water supply project, water plant, wastewater plant, water and wastewater distribution or conveyance facility, wharf, dock, airport runway or taxiway, drainage project, or related type of project associated with civil engineering construction; or
(3)  improvements to or the construction of a structure that is a:
(A)  detached single-family residence;
(B)  duplex;
(C)  triplex; or
(D)  quadruplex.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.001(a), eff. September 1, 2009.